Licence renewal in the Philippines, seems so pointless having to take a medical, paid 400p then they gave me an all clear without having anything examined lol. Then you have to register with the LTO then take an on-line test, pass minimum was 50% I got 80% first time. I googled later and found all the anawers to the test. Next, I have to download the pass they emailed me and go to the LTO with my pass certificate and medical and pay 660P I think it's that amount! Good for 10 years, now if they sort the traffic out.
I know a family member who had to do a course, and I think they paid 1000 peso to get an "international" licence a few months back to come here (Canada).
Well that's a better deal than here where you are on a licence renewal every three years after age 70 Jim, you've just reminded me that I need to renew my licence in May 2023 but I will only get 7 years validity, I might as well renew it now. You're a little bit older than me so this should be a good deal to be able to continue to drive well into your 70s. Like everything they have so much bureaucracy over there, so many makee workee jobs that are not actually needed and which could be streamlined with good IT systems but there is no need for that when you have a huge surplus of young workers.
Bollocks to all of this process! I got my driving license and an international driving licence even I haven’t been driven before! ! My late father used to work with Ombudsman and told the LTO, my daughter needs a driving license and this is accompanied with an international driving license. Then I went to work in Qatar and have my international driving license with me and start driving an automatic car just observing how my husband drive and voila! I got a local driving license too! And up until then, having been driven in Qatar where there’s an accident on my way to work and back every single day, and now I am here in the UK and I am still alive!!!
There have been recent cases in the UK news of Brits who somehow escaped getting caught for their entire lives while driving without a licence, I think one old man had been driving for 70 years without a licence and another for something like 50 years. I am guessing you converted your foreign licence to a UK one some time ago but did they make you sit a UK driving test?
The rules notwithstanding EU rules and agreements (cut and pasted) Designated countries The UK has driving licence agreements with a variety of ‘designated countries’. If you hold a driving licence from one of the countries below, you'll be allowed to exchange it for a UK driving licence without taking any further tests. Andorra, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe. If you hold a driving licence from a designated country, you'll be allowed to drive in Great Britain for up to 12 months. Once this time has passed, you will have to exchange your licence. You've got 5 years from the day you became a resident to exchange your licence—as long as it's still valid. Residents of Northern Ireland If you're a resident of Northern Ireland, you're in luck—the rules couldn't be any easier for exchanging your licence for a UK driving licence. As long as your licence was issued on or after 1 January 1976, you'll be able to exchange it. And the best part? You won't have to pay a penny for it! Residents of Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man Any residents from Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man will be able to exchange their licence if it was issued on or after 1 April 1991. Unlike residents of Northern Ireland, however, you'll have to pay the standard exchange fee. You will also have to provide a medical report (D4) filled in by a doctor. All other countries If you don't belong to any of the above countries, then you won't be able to exchange your foreign driving licence for a UK one. That doesn't mean you should give up on driving in the UK, however! You're still allowed to drive for up to 12 months on your foreign licence. According to the DVLA, you're allowed to drive vehicles weighing up to 3.5 tonnes—with up to eight passenger seats—as long as your licence remains valid within the 12 month period. If you want to continue driving in the UK once this year is up, you'll have to take a theory and practical test to get your hands on a UK driving licence.
NO! They don’t convert Philippines license here nor the Qatar license. And Yes! I sat with my theory and Practical test! I am referring to the Philippines driving license. That is how it works over there at the time.
Did you take much in the way of lessons before you sat your UK test, obviously you had a lot of experience driving by that time, so you would probably have had what the UK would consider a lot of bad habits, all of us develop our own bad habits including me as our driving life progresses. When I first drove anything (a motorbike) I basically (aged 17) had to become self taught, there were no real requirements apart from get the provisional licence and put L plates on the bike so kind of similar to your car experience in the Phils, the first few days on that bike were very scary and I am lucky I survived.
Not really, Because I had a proper driving license from Qatar and my international driving license with me, this entitles me to drive for a year. So I am well practiced.
Theory (48) and practical test (5 mistakes mirrors) both done in first attempt! So happy and I couldn’t believed I passed it, so I kept telling my son and he said, “Mum stop it! I heard it hundred times now!”
